Hindsight bias and causal reasoning: A minimalist approach

Cognitive Processing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-72

  Yopchick, Jennelle E ^a   Kim, Nancy S ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal reasoning; Hindsight bias; Judgments

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL MODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; LONG TERM MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORY OF MIND;

CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860884333     PISSN: 16124782     EISSN: 16124790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-011-0414-z     Document Type: Review

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